ciallach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cíallach; synchronically, ciall (“mind, sanity; sense, reason”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰʲiəl̪ˠəx/
Adjective
ciallach (genitive singular masculine ciallaich, comparative ciallaiche)
- rational, sensible
Derived terms
- aon-chiallach
- àrd-chiallach
- bun-chiallach
- co-chiallach
- dà-chiallach
- dìth-chiallach
- doi-chiallach
- eu-ciallach
- leth-chiallach
- mì-chiallach
- neo-chiallach
- saobh-chiallach
Related terms
- ciallaich (“mean”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| ciallach | chiallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “ciallach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cíallach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language